Attachment for mowing a pond waterline....

Creamer · Aug 11, 2013

I just bought this year. $300 for the mower and then I put another $150 in parts into it to get it running good.

You will find the trailer types are a lot cheaper than the mounted as a lot of people think they are not as manueverable. This is true to some extent but I wanted the trailer type for easier hooking up and not having the side load on the tractor on the slope.

The hay farmers have gone to haybines and discbines and so these are unwanted. i missed one on an auction earlier this spring that went for $175 and was in running condition. I had a chance at a little newer one in running condition for $500 so they are around for this price.

While I was at it today I mowed around the treelines where the underbrush and saplings keep wanting to expand outward. This mower also does a nice job reaching under those branches and cutting off all that undergrowth so my treelines will not keep expanding anymore. Sapling sunder 1" are no issue at all and I have cut a few that are bigger than that.

PhysAssist · Aug 12, 2013

Creamer said:
I just bought this year. $300 for the mower and then I put another $150 in parts into it to get it running good.

You will find the trailer types are a lot cheaper than the mounted as a lot of people think they are not as manueverable. This is true to some extent but I wanted the trailer type for easier hooking up and not having the side load on the tractor on the slope.

The hay farmers have gone to haybines and discbines and so these are unwanted. i missed one on an auction earlier this spring that went for $175 and was in running condition. I had a chance at a little newer one in running condition for $500 so they are around for this price.

While I was at it today I mowed around the treelines where the underbrush and saplings keep wanting to expand outward. This mower also does a nice job reaching under those branches and cutting off all that undergrowth so my treelines will not keep expanding anymore. Sapling sunder 1" are no issue at all and I have cut a few that are bigger than that.

Mr. Creamer, sir,

The videos did a good job convincing my boss (wife) that we could use one of those, but exactly how many drinks did yours have when she shot the second one?

Thomas

PS: ...and I am going to be telling her that you are responsible for my new CL/SearchTempest search term of "sickle bar mower" and as many variations of those words as I can think of.
T

Creamer · Aug 12, 2013

PhysAssist said:
Mr. Creamer, sir,

The videos did a good job convincing my boss (wife) that we could use one of those, but exactly how many drinks did yours have when she shot the second one?
T

The second one was actually the first video she took with my phone. She thought she had it shut off but didn't and I have not figured out to edit video on it yet.

Glad to hear you are coming aboard. you are not that far away from me so i would assume that the pricing would be about the same.

number9L · Aug 12, 2013

Picked these up today off CL. Got them both for $50. Green one runs fine but deck is rotted at one of the rear wheel mounts. Red one runs but smokes like a freight train and the muffler looks to be full of oil. Haven't looked at it much, but am hoping it's a simple fix. Either way, one (or both?) of these will be the donor for the pond bank mower

Now just gotta work on finding the square tubing and deciding on how I want to build this thing.

I am keeping my eyes out on CL for some free weights to be the counter weight, as well as maybe adding weight to a ballast box if I ever make one or to the tractor somewhere if needed.

...

SoGeorgia · Aug 16, 2013

PhysAssist said:
Mr. Creamer, sir,

The videos did a good job convincing my boss (wife) that we could use one of those, but exactly how many drinks did yours have when she shot the second one?

Thomas

PS: ...and I am going to be telling her that you are responsible for my new CL/SearchTempest search term of "sickle bar mower" and as many variations of those words as I can think of.
T

I just acquired an old Ford sickle mower for free. Needs a little work. Picking up an old M-F sickle mower next week for cheap but it does have a few missing parts.

The plan is to use them for my pond bank that I'm ashamed looks nothing like the ponds on this thread.. It's an old pond on old property that I bought last year. It's so thick you can barely see the pond in places.

Creamer · Aug 16, 2013

SoGeorgia said:
I just acquired an old Ford sickle mower for free. Needs a little work. Picking up an old M-F sickle mower next week for cheap but it does have a few missing parts.

You will have to let us know how these work out! We always like photos!

SoGeorgia · Aug 16, 2013

Creamer said:
You will have to let us know how these work out! We always like photos!

Will do. I also need to post pics of the rotary mower I picked up last weekend. Hopefully someone can identify it for me.

number9L · Aug 17, 2013

So I farted around with the red mower tonight. Found that it was WAY too full of oil. Changed the oil, started it up and let it run about 10 min.....and it seems to run perfect....and it no longer smokes

I'm gonna keep it to trim with and use the green one for the pond mower. Can't believe that dude bought a new mower and sold me that one for $25 when all he had to do was drain 1/2 quart of oil back out of it.

...